Although quilting can sometimes be very frightening especially since crafters believe that it requires a lot of precision and intricate skills, the trick is to know how to make simple quilt. It is true that complicated design quilts require skills, but there are other quilts, which can be made by anyone so long as you can sew a line that is straight.
Required Materials:
- 2 pieces of cloth of a similar width and each should be 2 yards long.
- 1 piece of batting that has the same width and length or muslins (4 yards)
- Sewing machine
- Synchronizing thread
- A pair of scissors
- Needle
Steps on how to make simple quit
The first guideline on how to make simple quilt is to wash your quilt fabrics and the muslin in case you need it; wash the fabrics according to care instructions given on the fabric’s bolt. It is advisable to launder the materials together so as to know if there is one which stains the other.
All the quilt fabrics can be ironed once they are dry, but only if it is necessary. The muslin is easy to handle if it is pressed lightly, folded in two to look like the pieces of your fabric then pressed again.
Steps on how to make simple quilt has one difficult part (I did not do this correctly during my first attempt). This is the part of stacking the fabric in the correct order. The pieces of your fabrics are supposed to be on the wrong side with the batting or muslin piled on top. Consequently, when the seams are sewed and turned out, the back and front will be on the outside while the filling fabrics on the inner parts.
Synchronizing or coordinating thread with the sewing machine is used to stitch 3 sides of the 4 sides, using the straight stitch plus a quarter (or more) inch or seam allowance. The right side of the fabric should be turned out to ensure that no layers are missed and to have a clean sewing line. Any excess material should be trimmed from the layers. The fourth side (half of it) is finished up by machine stitching before you turn it out. Hand stitch the rest (the remaining half) or stitch the whole of the fourth side using the hand.
Whichever approach on how to make simple quit you decide to use, when turning out the right side take your time to make the quilt smooth and to ensure that the batting or muslin is evenly distributed in the quilt. Keep in mind that this is your only chance to fix the quilt.
The remaining side of the seam is sewn using a coordinated thread and sharp needle. For this particular process, the whip stitch is the most preferred stitch; it involves the use of small stitches that are stitched on the fabric at a specific angle. When making a whip stitch, you will only pick up a few threads of your fabric, thus it is not that visible when comparing it with other methods of sewing.
After you have sewed all the sides of the seam, you can now do all the finishing you want done. This can be so as easy such as stitching a straight line using a machine across your quilt or do something more decorative. All in all, the steps on how to make simple quit depends on you.
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